6980. qur
Lexical Summary
qur: web, webs

Original Word: קוּר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: quwr
Pronunciation: koor
Phonetic Spelling: (koor)
KJV: web
NASB: web, webs
Word Origin: [from H6979 (קוּר - dug)]

1. (only plural) trenches, i.e. a web (as if so formed)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
web

From quwr; (only plural) trenches, i.e. A web (as if so formed) -- web.

see HEBREW quwr

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
thread, film
NASB Translation
web (1), webs (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[קוּר] noun masculineIsaiah 59:6 thread, film; — plural construct קוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ Isaiah 59:5 they weave spider-threads, figurative of machinations of wicked, so suffix קוּרֵיהֶם Isaiah 59:6.

קוֺרֵא see קרא. קוֺרָה see קרה

Topical Lexicon
Overview of the Image

קוּר portrays the deliberate act of spinning or weaving a spider’s web. Scripture employs the picture to expose the calculated craftiness of sinners who fabricate deceptive structures that appear intricate and secure yet cannot bear moral weight.

Occurrences in Isaiah 59

Isaiah 59:5–6 uses the verb twice in rapid succession. Israel’s leaders “weave the spider’s web” (Isaiah 59:5), and the prophet instantly unmasks the emptiness of their manufacture: “Their webs will not become clothing, nor will they cover themselves with their works” (Isaiah 59:6). The parallel lines strengthen the indictment: the same meticulous energy that could have been invested in righteousness is instead poured into schemes that leave the people spiritually naked.

Historical Background

Isaiah 59 addresses the post-exilic community grappling with unfulfilled expectations of restoration. Social injustice, bribery, and bloodshed contradicted the covenant ideals that were supposed to mark a redeemed nation. The prophet’s spider-web imagery would have resonated in an agrarian society where fragile webs were a familiar sight on early-morning fields—delicate marvels that the slightest breeze dissolved.

Moral and Spiritual Implications

1. Deliberate Planning of Evil: קוּר stresses intentionality; sin here is not accidental but methodically spun.
2. Fragility of Sin’s Structures: what looks complex and stable cannot clothe the soul. Compare Job 8:14: “His confidence is fragile; his security is a spider’s web.”
3. False Coverings versus True Righteousness: only God’s salvation provides lasting garments (Isaiah 61:10).

Theological Connections

• Human Works versus Divine Garments – From Genesis 3:7 to Revelation 19:8, Scripture contrasts self-made coverings with the garments God graciously gives. קוּר highlights the futility of self-righteous weaving.
• Deception and Death – The web both entangles victims and ultimately collapses on its makers (Proverbs 5:22). Isaiah 59 links weaving evil with hatching viper eggs, underscoring that deceptive speech (web) and destructive spawn (eggs) belong to the same brood of rebellion.

Practical Ministry Insights

• Diagnostic Tool – Preachers and counselors can use קוּר imagery to uncover hidden patterns of manipulation in personal and societal structures.
• Call to Integrity – Christian leaders must beware of substituting elaborate ministry “systems” for genuine holiness; webs impress but do not clothe.
• Gospel Invitation – The exposure of false coverings prepares hearts for the invitation: “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 13:14).

Comparative Imagery

• Spider Web versus Rock – Psalm 18:2 extols the LORD as “my rock,” a study in contrast to the flimsiness of human schemes.
• Weaving versus Knitting – While sinners weave webs, Psalm 139:13 celebrates God who “knit” us in the womb, underscoring divine creativity as life-giving rather than life-taking.

Christological Foreshadowing

The cross unmasks every web. Humanity’s most intricate system of self-justification—religious, political, and legal—converged at Golgotha, yet “it was the LORD’s will to crush Him” (Isaiah 53:10). Resurrection shredded the web, clothing believers with “robes made white in the blood of the Lamb” (Revelation 7:14).

Personal Reflection and Application

Where do I rely on cleverly spun words, image-craft, or strategic alliances to secure my identity? Isaiah’s spider reminds me to repent of flimsy threads and rest in the seamless robe of Christ’s righteousness.

Forms and Transliterations
וְקוּרֵ֥י וקורי קֽוּרֵיהֶם֙ קוריהם kureiHem qū·rê·hem qūrêhem vekuRei wə·qū·rê wəqūrê
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Englishman's Concordance
Isaiah 59:5
HEB: צִפְעוֹנִי֙ בִּקֵּ֔עוּ וְקוּרֵ֥י עַכָּבִ֖ישׁ יֶאֱרֹ֑גוּ
NAS: the spider's web; He who eats
KJV: the spider's web: he that eateth
INT: adders' hatch web the spider's and weave

Isaiah 59:6
HEB: קֽוּרֵיהֶם֙ לֹא־ יִהְי֣וּ
NAS: Their webs will not become clothing,
KJV: Their webs shall not become garments,
INT: their webs Nor become

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6980
2 Occurrences


qū·rê·hem — 1 Occ.
wə·qū·rê — 1 Occ.

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